Phillip Fulmer on Paul Finebaum

Paul Finebaum had The Papa on his radio show to discuss Jeremy Pruitt and to further rubber-neck the wreckage of the last decade on Rocky Top. Here’s what Fulmer had to say about the latter:

“It’s just a series of bad decisions that ended up being the issue. We had four presidents in six years. There was no continuity on campus. And all of a sudden, instead of everybody communicating and everybody trusting each other and everybody working together to an end like you see at the programs at the highest level now, it became a program struggle. And then a coach would come in. Kiffin left quick, and Dooley didn’t stay very long. And it was just a constant flow of change.

“You really have to understand the culture of any place that you go, and I don’t think the people that came in for the most part [did]. Butch Jones tried to, but to be at the championship level, you’ve got to communicate, you’ve got to trust each other, and everybody has got to work together. And we didn’t have that for seven, eight or nine years around here. It’s better now. It’s much better now.”

Really glad to see the guys pull out a great win like that. I feel bad that I missed it. Think it’s a good move on Barnes part to praise the team even though the play wasn’t on par with our great run. It’s more important to restore confidence and hope the team builds off this. With constant negativity the players could feel that nothing they do is right and then what’s the point. Real glad to see Williams and Bone have great nights and hopefully the team keeps boosting their confidence with another win against Ole Miss.